Friday, December 26, 2014

84. We interview poet Darrell Bourque,
the former poet laureate of Louisiana. He served as an English
professor and department head at ULL and found time to write several
books of poetry. Since his time as poet laureate, he has traveled the
state of Louisiana as a public intellectual, reading his own poems and
supporting the work of other poets as well.

This week in Louisiana history. December 28 1862 (Old) State
Capitol burned by Union Soldier.

This week in New Orleans history. The Esplanade Avenue
streetacar ran from June 1, 1861 until December 27, 1934.
It was the first streetcar line to traverse the "back-of-town"
section of New Orleans, running all the way out Esplanade Ave.
to Bayou St. John in its original routing. From 1901–1934 the
Canal and Esplanade lines operated in a loop as the
Canal-Esplanade Belt, until Esplanade Ave. went to buses in
1934.

This week in Louisiana. New Year's Eve Kids' Countdown Make
a noisemaker and paper bag party hat to wear for the countdown
to noon, culminating in a balloon release and confetti toss.
Admission: 2014 pricing TBA. Louisiana Children's Museum, 420
Julia St, New Orleans 504.523.1357.

Battle of New
Orleans December 29, 1814. NOS.
XXVI-XXVII.
I lament that I have not the means of carrying on more
offensive operations. The Kentucky troops have not arrived,
and my effective force at this point, does not exceed three
thousand. Theirs must be at least double; both prisoners and
deserters agreeing in the statement that seven thousand landed
from their boats.

Friday, December 19, 2014

83. Bruce and Stephen talk about O. Henry's short story, "Whistlin' Dick's Christmas Stocking." In this story set in the early 20th
centrury, Henry takes us down the levee from New Orleans to a hobo
jungle, where Boston Harry and his gang of tramps are plotting, like the
Grinch, to steal Christmas. Will Whistlin' Dick be able to foil their
evil scheme? Tune in to find out!

This week in Louisiana history. Dec. 20 1803 United States
Commissioners W.C.C. Claiborne and James Wilkinson formally
receive possession of Louisiana for the United States for
$15,000,000.

This week in New Orleans history. Governor James
Albert Noe, born on December 21, 1890, served in World
War I as a first lieutenant of the 369th Infantry in France.
He was active in the Democratic party and served in the state
senate from the 29th Senatorial District (Ouachita and Jackson
parishes). In 1932 he was the floor leader for Huey
Long's administration and was appointed lieutenant governor in
1934. He became the Governor of Louisiana, serving from
January through May 1936, following the death of Gov. O. K.
Allen. He later returned to the senate until 1940. Noe made
unsuccessful runs for governor in 1940 and 1959. He was active
in the oil and gas industry, with operations in Texas,
Arkansas and Louisiana, both as producer and overriding
royalty owner. He owned and operated farms in Indiana and
Ouachita and Tensas parishes, most notably, the Whitehall
Plantation in Monroe. In 1936 Noe founded WNOE-AM and FM radio
stations in New Orleans, established Monroes KNOE-AM and FM
radio stations in 1944, and KNOE-TV in 1953. In 1971 he
was awarded an honorary LL. D. degree from Northeast Louisiana
University. He died died in Houston on October 18, 1976.

Copy of a
letter from captain Henley, commanding late United States’
schooner Carolina, to commodore Patterson, dated

New Orleans, December 28, 1814.
Sir, At daylight, on the morning
of the 27th, the enemy opened upon the Carolina a battery of
five guns, from which they threw shells and hot shot;
returned their fire with the long twelve-pounder, the only
gun on board which could reach across the river, the
remainder of her battery being light twelve-pound
carronades.
The air being light aid at north,
rendered it impossible to get under way; the second shot
fired by the enemy lodged in the schooner’s main-hold urder
her cables, and in such a situation as not to be come at,
and fired her, which rapidly progressed; finding that hot
shot were passing through her cabin and filling room, which
contained a considerable quantity of powder; her bulwarks
all knocked down by the enemy’s shot, the vessel in a
sinking situation, and the fire increasing, and expecting
every moment that she would blow up, at a little after
sunrise I reluctantly gave orders for the crew to abandon
her, which was effected, with the loss of one killed and six
wounded; a short time after I had succeeded in getting the
crew on shore, I had the extreme mortification of seeing her
blow up.

Friday, December 12, 2014

82. We interview poet Thomas Parrie. Thomas writes about life in the Native American community around Toledo Bend.

This week in Louisiana history. Dec. 15 1802 Pres.
Jefferson, worried of French takeover of La., seeks to
purchase Isle of Orleans.

This week in New Orleans history. Bonnet Carré
Spillway is Dedicated December 13, 1935
Airline Highway originally was a
two-lane road that ran from Prairieville to Shrewsbury (now
Metairie). The first section, running between Williams
Boulevard in Kenner and Shrewsbury Road, opened in June 1927.
It was begun by the Jefferson Parish Police Jury as a local
road and incorporated into the plan for Airline Highway during
construction.
The remainder of the highway was
built between 1928 and 1933 by the Louisiana Highway
Commission with federal aid, as the road would carry US 61
upon completion. The section north of the spillway was
officially opened on July 4, 1933, and the section on the
south side followed three weeks later. (Various sections had
been temporarily opened to traffic beginning in October 1931.)
Completion of the bridge over the Bonnet Carré Spillway was
delayed until 1935, necessitating a detour over the Jefferson
Highway (River Road) via temporary gravel roads along the
spillway guide levees. The eight-lane extension into Tulane
Avenue (reached by a now-demolished six-lane bridge over the
former New Basin Canal) was officially opened on August 26,
1940.
The Bonnet Carre Spillway, as well as
the spillway bridge on Airline Highway, was dedicated on
December 13, 1935 as part of the Mississippi Flood
Control Project at a cost of more than $13 million. Its
construction was prompted by the devastating floods of
1927. The spillway flood-way would route 250,000 cubic
feet of water per second from the Mississippi River to Lake
Pontchartrain then Lake Borgne and into the Gulf of Mexico,
thus sparing the Greater New Orleans area from high-water
river flooding.

This week in Louisiana.

Battle of New
OrleansDec. 14 1814 First clash
with British in War of 1812 on Lake Borgne
December 27, 1814. NO.
XXV
Major-general Jackson to the secretary of war.
Head-quarters, 7th military district, camp below New Orleans,
27th December, A. M.
Sir,
The loss of our gun-boats near the
pass of the Rigolets, having given the enemy command of lake
Borgne, lie was enabled to choose his point of attack. It
became therefore an object of importance to obstruct the
numerous bayous and canals leading from that lake to the
highlands op the Mississippi. This important service was
committed, in the first instance, to a detachment from the 7th
regiment, afterwards to colonel Delaronde of the Louisiana
militia, and lastly, to make all sure, to major-general
Villeré, commanding the district between the river and the
lakes, and who, being a native of the country, was presumed to
be best acquainted with all those passes. Unfortunately,
however, a picquet which the general had estsblished at the
mouth of the bayou Bienvenu, and which, notwithstanding my
orders, had been left unobstructed, was completely surprised,
and the enemy penetrated through a canal leading to his farm
about two leagues below the city, and succeeded in cutting off
a company of militia stationed there.

Friday, December 5, 2014

81. We talk to O’Neil De Noux
again about
his Battle of New Orleans historical novel, Battle Kiss. Since O’Neil is also an expert about the Battle of New Orleans, we talk to him about that event as well. In anticipation of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and the
bicentennial of The Battle of New Orleans in 2015, New Orleans writer
O’Neil De Noux spent two years researching and writing an epic
historical novel set during that titanic struggle. Battle Kiss is an
intense, accurate depiction of the battle, of life in New Orleans in the
days and nights preceding and following the monumental event. It is a
saga of love and war, of battlefield heroes, of young men and young
women in love – a tale of spies and privateers, ladies and rogues,
patriots and traitors, sudden passion and sudden violence as the battle
unfolds in stages until the cataclysm of January 8, 1815, when a rag-tag
army of Creoles, free-men of color, pirates, American backwoodsmen,
Chickasaw, Choctaw and Attakapas braves, fortified by a limited number
of U.S. army regulars and marines and led by a general whose only
experience was fighting insurgent Creeks, stands between New Orleans and
a battle-hardened army of British soldiers, led by one of the Duke of
Wellington’s finest field commanders and hero of the Peninsula War
against Napoleon – Major General Sir Edward Pakenham.

This week in Louisiana history. Dec. 6 1889 Confederate
President Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans

This week in New Orleans history. Nearly three years after
New Orleans police broke into Our Lady of Good Counsel Church
to handcuff and evict parishioners trying to save it from
closure, the 117-year-old church is being reopened on
December 7, 2011. The arcdiocese of New Orleans
announced that the Center of Jesus the Lord, a community of
charismatic Catholics, would move there from its home on North
Rampart Street.

This week in Louisiana. Russ-Town Band
December 12th, 2014Dixie Center for the
Arts
212 North Vienna Street, Ruston, LA 71270
318-255-1450

Battle of New
Orleans December 26, 1814. NO.
XXV. Copy of a letter from general Andrew
Jackson to the secretary of war, dated
Camp near New Orleans, 26th Decmber, 1814.
The enemy having, by the
capture of our gun-boats, obtained command of the lakes, were
enabled to effect a passage to the Mississippi at a point on
the side of New Orleans, and about nine miles below it. The
moment I received the intelligence, I hastened to attack him
in his first position. It was brought on in the night and
resulted very honourably to our arms. The heavy smoke,
occasioned by an excessive fire, rendered it necessary that I
should draw off my troops, after a severe conflict of upwards
of an hour.
The attack was made on
the night of the 23d. Since then both armies have remained
near the battle-ground, making preparations for something more
decisive.
The enemy's force
exceeded ours by double, and their loss was proportionably
greater. The moment I can spare the time, I will forward you a
detailed account. In the meantime I expect something far more
important will take place. I hope to be able to sustain tho
honour of our arms and to secure the safety of this country.

Friday, November 28, 2014

80. We interview writer Dixon Hearne, who teaches and writes in the American South. Much of his writing
draws greatly from the rich images in his daily life growing up
along the graceful river traces and bayous in West Monroe,
Louisiana. After many years of university teaching and writing
for research journals, his interests turned toward fiction and
poetry—and the challenge of writing in a different voice. The Louisiana Anthology now has some of Dixon's stories for you to enjoy, and links to more.

This week in Louisiana history. November 28, 1729.
Natchez tribesmen in the Louisiana colony attack settlers and
soldiers November 28, massacring more than 200 and taking
several hundred women, children, and black slaves prisoner.
The colonists had demanded that the Natchez give up their
sacred burial ground.

This week in New Orleans history. Dixieland jazz pianist,
clarinetist, and drummer Ollie "Dink" Johnson (October 28,
1892 – November 29, 1954) was a was born in Biloxi, the
younger brother of the bass player/bandleader William Manuel
Johnson. He worked around Mississippi and New Orleans before
moving out west in the early 1910s. He played in Nevada and
California, often with his brother Bill. Most prominently he
played with the Original Creole Orchestra (mostly on drums).
He also played clarinet in Kid Ory's band. For many years he
was based in Los Angeles where he led a band in the 1920s and
later ran a bar called Dink's Place at 4429 Avalon Blvd. He
was visited there in March 1946 by Bill Russell, who organised
most of his piano and one man band recordings. Russell wrote
in his diary that Dink had a room at the back for selling
bootleg whisky, and kept a gun in a saucepan "because the
police would never look there". He told Russell that he had
"always lived outside the law." He made his first recordings
in 1922 on clarinet with Kid Ory's Band. He made more
recordings in the 1940s and 1950s, mostly on piano, although
also doing some one-man band recordings, playing all three of
his instruments through over dubbing. Johnson's piano
style was influenced by Jelly Roll Morton (his
brother-in-law); his clarinet playing by Larry Shields.
Johnson also wrote tunes, including "The Krooked Blues"
(recorded by King Oliver) and "So Different Blues."

Battle of New
Orleans December 28, 1814.
NO.
XXIII-XXIV. Letter from commodore Patterson to the
secretary of the navy.
Letter from commodore Patterson to the hon. Secretary at
War.
U. S. ship Louisiana, December 28, 1814.
Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that on the 23d instant, while
at the bayou St. John, examining the batteries erecting there
by the navy, under the superintendance of captain Henley of
the Carolina, I learnt that information had been received by
general Jackson that the enemy had penetrated through bayou
Bienvenu with a large force, and had effected a landing at
general Villeré’s plantation on the banks of the Mississippi,
which upon application to the general proved to be true. The
alarm was immediately given in town, and the troops put in
motion; I repaired on board the United States’ schooner
Carolina, with captain Henley, and after ordering the
Louisiana, commanded by lieutenant-commandant C. B. Thompson,
to follow me, at 4 P. M. weighed, and it being calm, dropped
down with the current; at about half past six I received a
request from general Jackson, through Mr. Edward Livingston,
his aid-de-camp, to anchor abreast of the enemy’s camp, which
he pointed out, and open afire upon them.
I have the honour to be, &c.
D. T. Patterson.

Friday, November 21, 2014

79. Interview with Erin Greenwald about the book she edited, Company Man, which is a book by Marc-Antoine Caillot translated from a manuscript covering the early days of colonial New Orleans. We talk to Erin about the author's insights into life in the new colony. "Yet with humor and insight, Caillot documents episodes major and minor-from the Natchez Massacre to New Orleans's earliest documented Carnival celebration to his own string of pranks and romantic escapades. His words speak with immediacy across the centuries, illuminating racial and ethnic politics, environmental concerns, and the birth of New Orleans's distinctive cultural mélange" (HNOC).

This week in Louisiana history. Nov. 22 1886. 30 Negros
killed/100 wounded by vigilanties to stop canefield strike in
Thibodeaux

This week in New Orleans history. John William Corrington
(October 28, 1932 – November 24, 1988) was an American
film and television writer, novelist, poet and lawyer. He
received a B.A. degree from Centenary College, in 1956 and his
M.A. from Rice University in 1960, the year he took on his
first teaching position in the English Department at Louisiana
State University. While on leave from LSU, Corrington obtained
his D.Phil. in 1965, from the University of Sussex and then
moved to Loyola University New Orleans in 1966, as an
Associate Professor of English, where he also served as chair
of the English Department. Corrington graduated from Tulane
University Law School in 1975, joined a small New Orleans
personal injury law firm, Plotkin and Bradley, and spent the
next three years practicing law. During this time
Corrington published four books of poetry, Where We Are
(1962), The Anatomy of Love (1964), Mr. Clean (1964) and Lines
to the South (1965).

Battle of New
Orleans December 18, 1814.
NO.
XXII. An act from the legislature of Louisiana to
grant delays, &c
AN ACT
To grant a delay in the cases therein mentioned.
Whereas the present crisis will
oblige a great number of citizens to take up arms in defence
of this state, and compel them to quit their homes, and thus
leave their private affairs in a state of abandonment, which
may expose them to great distress, if the legislature should
not, by measures adapted to the circumstances, come to their
relief,
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the senate
and house of representatives of the state of Louisiana in
general assembly convened, That no protest on any note or bill
of exchange, payable to order or bearer, or on any note, bill
of exchange, or obligation for the payment of money, shall or
can be legally made, until one hundred and twenty days after
the promulgation of the present act.
Sec. 2. And be it further
enacted, That no property, either moveable or immoveable,
belonging to successions or bankrupts, or any property seized
by virtue of any execution issued by the courts of justice, or
justices of the peace of this state, shall be sold within one
hundred and twenty days after the promulgation of the present
act; Provided however, that the delay aforesaid shall not
prejudice the holders or proprietors of the said notes, bills,
obligations, or judgments, from demanding the interests which
they would or might have legally demanded, if the said delay
did not exist.

Friday, November 14, 2014

78. Interview with Erin Greenwald about the book she edited, Company Man, which is a book by Marc-Antoine Caillot translated from a manuscript covering the early days of colonial New Orleans. We talk to Erin about the author's insights into life in the new colony. "Yet with humor and insight, Caillot documents episodes major and
minor-from the Natchez Massacre to New Orleans's earliest documented
Carnival celebration to his own string of pranks and romantic escapades.
His words speak with immediacy across the centuries, illuminating
racial and ethnic politics, environmental concerns, and the birth of New
Orleans's distinctive cultural mélange" (HNOC).

This week in Louisiana history. Nov. 15 1730 Gov. Perier and
French defeated the Natchez Indians

This week in New Orleans history. The Kick Heard 'Round the
World
Saint Tom Dempsey Breaks Record. November 8, 1970 Any New Orleanian who heard the radio broadcast
of the Detroit Lions vs the Saints game on November 8,
1970 still remembers the kick. One local sage wrote
that many more people claimed to have been there that day
than could possibly have fit into Tulane Stadium.
Many fans who had actually gone to the game left early,
thinking that the Saints could not possibly catch up the
Lions. But in the final seconds, Tom Dempsey set a
still-unbroken NFL-record 63 yard field goal to give the
New Orleans Saints a 19-17 victory over the Detroit Lions
at our home field.

This week in Louisiana. November 16, 1972
Southern University students killed by
police
Two black students at Southern University
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (one of the country's largest
all-black colleges), were killed during a confrontation
between black students and law enforcement officers. After the
incident, police officials denied that their men had fired the
fatal shots. Some suggested that the gunfire might have been
accidental, but spokespersons for the students charged that
the police had fired on purpose.
The Louisiana state government put
together a biracial committee consisting of police officers,
university administrators, students, elected officials, and
private citizens to investigate the shootings. Some blacks did
not trust the official committee, however. They promised to
assemble a group of their own to look into the incident.

Battle of New
Orleans December 15, 1814.
NO.
XXI. MARTIAL LAW
The following spirited order gives a sufficient account of the
motives which induced general Jackson to resort to the measure
of proclaiming martial law. At the same time that it served to
convince the emissaries, whom the enemy might have sent among
us, of the inutility of their mission, it convinced also the
people of Louisiana, that the man who had come to take command
of the forces, was decidedly determined to save the country,
and to make use of all the means in his power to obtain that
desirable end.
New Orleans, December 15, 1814.
To The Citizens Of New Orleans,
The major-general commanding, has, with astonishment and
regret, learned that great consternation and alarm pervade
your city. It is true the enemy is on our coast and threatens
an invasion of our territory, but it is equally true, with
union, energy, and the approbation of Heaven, we will beat him
at every point his temerity may induce him to set foot upon
our soil. The general, with still greater astonishment, has
heard that British emissaries have been permitted to propagate
seditious reports among you, that the threatened invasion is
with a view of restoring the country to Spain, from a
supposition that some of you would be willing to return to
your ancient government. Believe not such incredible tales —
your government is at peace with Spain — it is the vital enemy
of your country, the common enemy of mankind, the highway
robber of the world that threatens you, and has sent his
hirelings amongst you with this false report, to put you off
your guard, that you may fall an easy prey to him; — then look
to your liberties, your property, the chastity of your wives
and daughters — take a retrospect of the conduct of the
British army at Hampton and other places, where it has entered
our country, and every bosom which glows with patriotism and
virtue, will be inspired with indignation, and pant for the
arrival of the hour when we shall meet and revenge those
outrages against the laws of civilization and humanity.

Friday, November 7, 2014

77. Interview with Dayne Sherman about the release of his new novel, Zion. It is "a gothic treatment of the American South: a hard-charging depiction of
religion, family, friendship, deception, and evil. Zion is a mystery set
in the rural South, the story of a war fought over the killing of
hardwoods in Baxter Parish, Louisiana. The tale begins in 1964 and ends a
decade later, but the Hardin family, faithful members of Little Zion
Methodist Church, will carry the scars for life." Dayne is a professor of library science at Southeastern Louisiana University, and he lives with his wife and son.
Dayne Sherman's online links:
Web & Social Media: http://daynesherman.com/
Talk About the South Blog: http://daynesherman.blogspot.com/
Tweet the South - Twitter: http://twitter.com/TweettheSouth/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/daynesherman

This week in Louisiana history. Nov. 8 1893 First LSU v.
Tulane football game (held in N.O.)

This week in New Orleans history. Preservation Hall Receives
the National Medal of Arts
November 9, 2006
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band was awarded the 2006 National
Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest honor for artistic
excellence. The award was presented to creative director of
Preservation Hall, Benjamin Jaffe and co-founder of
Preservation Hall, Sandra Jaffe, who accepted the award from
President and Mrs. Laura Bush in an Oval Office ceremony on
November 9, 2006. The citation reads: “With enormous talent
and pride, this ageless ensemble has toured the world
displaying the unbreakable spirit of New Orleans and sharing
the joy of New Orleans jazz with us all". Established in 1961
with the purpose "to preserve, perpetuate, and protect
traditional New Orleans Jazz", its musicians have done so for
more than half a century in one of the oldest buildings in the
French Quarter, and around the world.

Battle of New
Orleans December 18, 1814. NO.
XX..
On Sunday, the 18th December, general Jackson reviewed the
militia of the cily, the battalion commanded by major Plauche,
and a part of the regiment of men of colour. Being drawn up on
their respective parades, the following addresses were read to
them by Mr. Livingston, one of his aids:
TO THE EMBODIED MILITIA.
Fellow citizens and soldiers! The general commanding in chief would not do justice to the
noble ardour that has animated you in the hour of danger, he
would not do justice to his own feeling, if he suffered the
example you have shown to pass without public notice.
Inhabitants of an opulent and commercial town, you have, by a
spontaneous effort, shaken off the habits which are created by
wealth, and shown that you are resolved to deserve the
blessings of fortune by bravely defending them. Long strangers
to the perils of war, you have embodied yourselves to face
them with the cool countenance of veterans — and with motives
of disunion that might operate on weak minds, you have
forgotten the difference of language and the prejudices of
national pride, and united with a cordiality that does honour
to your understandings as well as to your patriotism. Natives
of the United States! They are the oppressors of your infant
political existence, with whom you are to contend — they are
the men your fathers conquered whom you are to oppose.
Descendants of Frenchmen! natives of France! they are English,
the hereditary, the eternal enemies of your ancient country,
the invaders of that you have adopted, who are your foes.
Spaniards! remember the conduct of your allies at St.
Sebastians, and recently at Pensacola, and rejoice that you
have an opportunity of avenging the brutal injuries inflicted
by men who dishonour the human race.

Friday, October 31, 2014

76. We interviewed poet Julie Kane as we ate by the Cane River in Natchitoches. Julie is a Professor of English at Northwestern State University and was the 2011-2013 Louisiana Poet Laureate. She has published several books of poetry, the most recent being Paper Bullets. Enjoy the chat, and buy her books to enjoy the rest of her poetry.

This week in Louisiana history. Nov. 1 1966 New Orleans Saints become 16th NFL football team

This week in New Orleans

history. From the New Orleans
Public Libary: North Claiborne at Esplanade Avenue, November 1, 1956 -- The live oak trees on the North Claiborne neutral ground were uprooted so that construction of the elevated Interstate Highway 10 could proceed. The highway project not only took away the oak trees, it also drastically changed the economic and social life of the adjacent neighborhoods. Proposals are under consideration to dismantle the Interstate and restore the surface-level Avenue to once again be the “Main Street” of black Creole New Orleans.

This week in Louisiana.
Oct. 28-Nov. 2Yellow Rails and Rice Festival The sixth annual festival brings together birders, farmers, and spectators for field days, workshops, information booths, and more. Jennings.

Battle of New Orleans December 5, 1814. NO. XVIII. To commodore Daniel T. Patterson, New Orleans. Pensacola, 5th December, 1814.
Sir,
I feel it a duty to apprize you of a very large force of the enemy off this port, and it is generally understood New Orleans is the object of attack. It amounts at present to about eighty vessels, and more than double that number are momentarily looked for, to form a junction, when an immediate commencement of their operations will take place. I am not able to learn, how, when, or where the attack will be made; but I heard that they have vessels of all descriptions, and a large body of troops. Admiral Cochrane commands, and his ship, the Tonnant, lies at this moment just outside the bar; they certainly appear to have swept the West Indies of troops, and probably no means will be left untried to obtain their object.
— The admiral arrived only yesterday noon.

This week in Louisiana history. October 25, 1769. "Bloody"
O'Reilly executes rebels who ousted Ulloa to hang but no
hangman, they were shot instead. The
Martyr Patriots by T. Wharton Collens is about
this incident.

This week in New Orleans history. October 25, 1924.
Earl Cyril Palmer born in New Orleans and raised in the
Tremé (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American
rock & roll and rhythm and blues drummer, and member of
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Palmer played on many
recording sessions, including Little Richard's first several
albums and Tom Waits' 1978 album Blue Valentine. playing on
New Orleans recording sessions, including Fats Domino's "The
Fat Man", "I'm Walkin" (and all the rest of Domino's hits),
"Tipitina" by Professor Longhair, "Tutti Frutti" by Little
Richard (and most of Richard's hits), "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" by
Lloyd Price, and "I Hear You Knockin'" by Smiley Lewis.

Battle of New
Orleans September 15, 1814.
NO.
XIV. Address from the committee of public defence,
to their fellow citizens.
Fellow Citizens,
Named by a numerous assembly of the citizens of New
Orleans, to aid the constituted authorities in devising the
most certain means of guarding against the dangers which
threatened you, our first duty is to apprize you of the extent
of those dangers — your open enemy is preparing to attack you
from without, and by means of his vile agents dispersed
through the country, endeavours to excite to insurrection a
more cruel and dangerous one in the midst of you. Fellow
citizens! the most perfect union is necessary among all the
individuals which compose our community; all have an equal
interest in yielding a free and full obedience to their
magistrates and officers, and in forwarding their views for
the public good — all have not only their property, but their
very existence at stake; you have, through your
representatives in the convention, contracted the solemn
obligation of becoming an integral part of the United States
of America; by this measure you secured your own sovereignty
and acquired the invaluable blessing of independence. God
forbid that we should believe there are any among us disposed
to fail in the sacred duties required by fidelity and honour.

Friday, October 17, 2014

74. We interview Lamar White, Jr., writer and editor of the CenLamar Blog. We check back in with Lamar because of his role in a Texas political
conflict he was involved in this week. Lamar has been interested in
local politics and history for many years, and his blog has a wide following. He is currently attending the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, but he continues to report and comment on Louisiana politics on his blog.

This week in Louisiana history. October 19, 1803. Louisiana
Purchase Treaty ratified by senate by a vote of 24 to 7.

This week in New Orleans history. October 18, 1939.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in the French Hospital at 1821
Orleans Avenue in New Orleans on October 18, 1939 to Robert
Edward Lee Oswald, Sr. and Marguerite Frances Claverie.
Robert, Sr. died of a heart attack two months prior to Lee's
birth. Oswald had two older siblings—brother Robert Edward Lee
Oswald, Jr. and half-brother John Edward Pic. In 1944,
Oswald's mother moved the family from New Orleans to Dallas.
Oswald entered the 1st grade in 1945 and over the next
half-dozen years attended several different schools in the
Dallas and Fort Worth areas through the 6th grade. As a child,
Oswald was described by several people who knew him as
withdrawn and temperamental. In August 1952, when Oswald was
12, his mother took him to New York City where they lived for
a short time with Oswald's half-brother, John Pic. Oswald and
his mother were later asked to leave after an argument in
which Oswald allegedly struck his mother and threatened Pic's
wife with a pocket knife. Oswald attended the 7th grade
in the Bronx, New York but was often truant, which led to a
psychiatric assessment at a juvenile reformatory. The
reformatory psychiatrist, Dr. Renatus Hartogs, described
Oswald as immersed in a "vivid fantasy life, turning around
the topics of omnipotence and power, through which [Oswald]
tries to compensate for his present shortcomings and
frustrations." Dr. Hartogs detected a "personality pattern
disturbance with schizoid features and passive-aggressive
tendencies" and recommended continued treatment.

This week in Louisiana.
State Fair of Louisiana
October 23rd, 2014 - November 9th, 2014
State Fair of Louisiana
3701 Hudson Ave., Shreveport, LA 71109
318-635-1361 | 318-631-4909
http://www.statefairoflouisiana.com/
The official State Fair of the State of Louisiana. The largest
livestock show of the year, a carnival known for thrilling
rides and great games on the midway along with great food,
competitive exhibits, the PRCA championship rodeo, college
football and much more!
The official State Fair of the State of
Louisiana. The largest livestock show of the
year, a carnival known for thrilling rides
and great games on the midway along with great food,
competitive exhibits, the PRCA championship rodeo,
college football and much more!

Battle of New
Orleans August 6th, 1814. NO.
VIII. Militia general orders, head-quarters, New Orleans, August 6th, 1814.
In a letter from the honourable the secretary at war,
under date of the 4th ultimo, the governor of Louisiana has
received the orders of the president of the United States, to
organize and hold in readiness for immediate service, a corps
of a thousand militia infantry, being the quota assigned to
this state, of a requisition for ninety-three thousand five
hundred men, made on the executives of the several states,
under the laws of the 28th February 1795, and 18th of April
1814, the governor and commander-in-chief in consequence
directs, that one complete regiment, a thousand strong, to be
composed of two battalions 1st and 2nd be organized and
equipped for service, with the least possible delay. The first
division of militia will furnish four full companies, each
company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, two
second lieutenant, four serjeants, four corporals, one
drummer, one fifer, and ninety privates — the whole to be
apportioned among the several brigades or regiments attached
to the first division by the major-general commanding the
same, and under his orders to be organized on or before the
4th of September next, and due returns made to the
adjutant-general.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

This week in Louisiana history. October 14, 1813. U.S.
dragoons attacked pirate Jean Lafitte in marshes near N.O.

This week in New Orleans history. October 11, 1937. In
10 parishes, 5,335 people were employed, in this "white
collar" program, who sorted 59,224 case reports at Charity
Hospital, thousands of volumes for the New Orleans Public
Library, the archives of the Cabildo and City Hall, 15,000
veterans' grave records, and 12,923 service records. The
data from 800,000 observations of atmospheric balloon
flights were recorded, currents and tides were
indexed. New Orleans traffic problems were
surveyed. Workers modernized the city tax office by
processing 183,687 pages of tax record books. A toy
lending center was established where workers repaired 1528
toys and created 8,825 more. Other workers
reconditioned 1,574 pieces of furniture for distribution to
underprivileged homes and made clothing for persons on
relief rolls at 10 different locations. Alma S.
Hammond was the state director of this Professional and
Service Division.

Battle of New
OrleansSeptember 15 Resolutions by
the citizens of New Orleans in Tremoulet's coffee-house.
NO.
XIII.

At a very
numerous and respectable meeting of the citizens of New
Orleans and its vicinity, assembled pursuant to public
notice at Tremoulet's coffee-house, on the 15th day of
September, 1814, to consider of the propriety of naming a
committee to co-operate with the constituted authorities of
the state and general government, in suggesting measures of
defence, and calling out the force of the country in the
present emergency,

Edward Livingston, Esq. was called to the chair, and
Richard Relf, Esq. appointed secretary of the meeting.

As a child
in the 1950s and 1960s, Dr. Middleton spent many summers, weekends, and
holidays in Saline visiting his maternal grandparents, Henderson Edward and
Mary Emma Sudduth.Mr. Sudduth was mayor
of Saline and president of the Bank of Saline.The old bank building has been remodeled and now serves as the Saline
Branch in the Bienville Parish Library System.